PH302 Quantum Mechanics II (Fall 2015)

Time & place: 14:30-16:00, Tuesday & Thursday, #205 Creative Learning Building
Lecturer: Myeongsoo Kang (, mskang@kaist.ac.kr)
#303 Basic Science Building (Tel: 2519)
Main textbook: R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics (2nd edition), Springer, 1994
Auxiliary textbook: S. Gasiorowicz, Quantum Physics (3rd edition), Wiley, 2003
References: A variety of QM textbooks are available on the 2nd & 4th floors in the main library.
You are strongly encouraged to selectively read them.
Office hours: 14:00 16:00 & 21:00 23:00, Monday
Evaluation: Completely absolute evaluation will be made based on:
Homework & exercise (30%) + Midterm exam (35%) + Final exam (35%) +
Tentative lecture schedule
Week

Topics

Week 1 (Sept. 1, 3)

Symmetries

Symmetries

Week 2 (Sept. 8, 10)

Symmetries

Symmetries

Week 3 (Sept. 15, 17)

Variational method

Variational method

Week 4 (Sept. 22, 24)

WKB method

WKB method

Week 5 (Sept. 29, Oct. 1)

Bank holiday (Chuseok)

Time-independent
perturbation theory (TIPT)

Week 6 (Oct. 6, 8)

TIPT with hydrogen atom

TIPT with hydrogen atom

Week 7 (Oct. 13, 15)

TIPT with hydrogen atom

TIPT with hydrogen atom

Week 8 (Oct. 20, 22)

Midterm exam

Week 9 (Oct. 27, 29)

Time-dependent
perturbation theory (TDPT)

TDPT

Week 10 (Nov. 3, 5)

TDPT with EM field

TDPT with EM field

Week 11 (Nov. 10, 12)

TDPT with EM field

TDPT with EM field

Week 12 (Nov. 17, 19)

Scattering theory

Scattering theory

Week 13 (Nov. 24, 26)

Scattering theory

Scattering theory

Week 14 (Dec. 1, 3)

Dirac equation

Dirac equation

Week 15 (Dec. 8, 10)

Quantum information

Quantum information

Week 16 (Dec. 15, 17)

Final exam